#Animals as Leaders

[sleepanonymous]

Funny story, I thought yesterday was Friday right? And I was like "Oh no the Lost Media post!" and I was scrambling to get the CAFO video uploaded when I realized it was Thursday and that I could get this post ready later.

Guess what I did again today? 🤡 Anyway a video of CAFO is below "Keep Reading." As always it's just hands and piano.

Animals As Leaders- CAFO on piano (What I've got so far)

It literally makes me feel dizzy listening to this. Ves is so talented wtf.

March 2024 Update

P.S. the possibly completed CAFO cover has still not successfully been manifested 😞

[the-garden-of-stars]

Devin Townsend

Dreamsonic Tour 2023

Marymoor Park (Redmond, WA)

[phantomlordreshiram]

New Tumblr Aesthetic Idea Thingy

Progressive Metal Album Covers. They’re weird, often liminal, but so cool looking.

[multitide]

Animals Should Be Leaders

[foundationsofdecay]

Animals as Leaders - The Brain Dance

[haveyouheardmetal]

Pictured: Animals as Leaders, released in 2009

[eriong]

𝘵𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘪 // 𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴

[lupinus-bicolor]

i am ashamed to say i have only just discovered Animals as Leaders last week but holy SHIT this must be what crack feels like. ive never heard someone play like Tosin Abasi plays

[sleepanonymous]

No lyrics for this one as it's a piano cover. No description screenshot either. Ves supposedly uploaded this on in the summer of 2011.

March 2024 Update

I'm up for CAFO on piano. Please universe, I am on my knees here 😩

[fyeahcindie]

Listen/purchase: Angels with Acrophobia by The Ancient Mental

Some wild instrumental rock for you here -- very heavy, very intense.  =D

Hong Kong guitarist/programmer Adam Aaron (Adam Tam 譚錫森) is the mastermind behind The Ancient Mental, using 8 stringed instruments to play bass as well as gtr parts, similar to Animals As Leaders.

Adam played/programmed most of the parts on this single, with Frederick Tsang on drums. Freddy (Freddy Tsang YT, Freddy Tsang IG) has been a member of the project since 2017, although another drummer is credited on the 1st ep Philomath in 2017. That release had full ensemble *credits, but I believe that most of the current lineup (Adam, Freddy-Drums, Ck Ip 'Fat Chicken'-Gtr, Kevin (Kelson Fung)-Bass-Bass) are for playing live?

*credits are sparse for all subsequent releases, crediting The Ancient Mental which could mean Adam and other members or just Adam plus a drummer, etc.

The Ancient Mental links: Instagram, YouTube,  Bandcamp,  Spotify

This kind of music needs to be seen as well as heard to be appreciated, so here is a 2018 clip of 2 pulverizing songs, performed by the trio of Adam, Freddy, and Kevin:

By the way, Freddy Tsang is also the current drummer for 光影 Instinct of Sight. Another HK band with a heavy, alternative/emo sound.  

[emphasisonthehomo]

“I’m being normal about this” I say, deeply unable to be normal about it.

[coraniaid]

Listen/purchase: Weightless by Animals As Leaders

[thecakeisnotalie]

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